The first edition of the Our World Competition is presented in
cooperation with Official Partner Masdar, Abu Dhabi's renewable
energy hub. Our World celebrates films devoted to broadening public
awareness of significant environmental issues.

In 2011, Our World presents ten films from seven countries. The
jury awarded the following Black Pearl
Award:

Best Film About Significant Environmental Issues ($15,000)

The Last Mountain, by Bill Haney
(USA)
The Jury

The Our World jury consists of graduate students from Abu Dhabi's
Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST).

Khasiaba Al Dalel, Student

Yu-Kuang Lin, Student

Mohamed Asaad Taher, Fellow

Dr. Amal Al Ghaferi, Assistant Professor of Materials Science
and

Engineering/Advisor to the Jury

Abu Dhabi Film Festival Audience Choice Award
2011

The audience takes on the role of the jury in this competition,
which is open to all films in the Showcase section, as well as the
Opening Night film.
Abu Dhabi Film Festival Audience Choice Award ($50,000) goes to:

Skeem, by Tim Greene
(South Africa)

ADFF FIPRESCI Award 2011

The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) was
created in 1930 to promote and develop international film culture
and safeguard the professional interests of film critics and
journalists. With the protection of the freedom and ethics of the
film press as its main objective, the federation's worldwide
network of national committees also works to expand the idea of
cinema as an art form as well as a tool of cultural education. The
International Film Critics' Award was established to promote film
art and support innovation in cinema.

The ADFF FIPRESCI jury focused on Arab films in the Narrative
Feature Competition, Documentary Feature Competition and the New
Horizons Competition.

NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema) is the leading
platform for the discovery and promotion of Asian cinema. To
acknowledge and recognize the emergence of new cinematic talent
among Asians, it brought the NETPAC Award to international film
festivals. As more Asian films are selected for exhibition to world
audiences, a yardstick for quality was necessary that matched the
competitive spirit fuelling the creative urges of young Asian
filmmakers. The NETPAC Award is now given at 28 international film
festivals in 21 countries on five continents.